by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief pain, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Honesty and Transparency, loss of loved one, Peace, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Worry
I feel shaky inside. I’m skittish and nervous. I’m anxious about everything now. What is happening to me? How do I deal with this? Anxiety is extremely common during times of loss. Most of us deal with some anxiety on a daily basis. We live in an anxious world. Some...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief depression, grief pain, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from trauma, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Physical illness, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Sadness, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
My heart is in such pain. I feel like I’m in pieces. I’ve never experienced anything like this. Why does this hurt so much? Loss hits our hearts. The pain of losing someone we love can be deep and debilitating. We are designed for relationship. We come out of the womb...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Faith, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Self-destructive behaviors, Spiritual suffering, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
After the death of a loved one, guilt tends to surface. We wonder what we could’ve done that we didn’t. There are things we did and said that we regret. “I feel guilty,” is a common statement from grieving hearts. The following is an excerpt...
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Decision-making, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Loss of a Child, Loss of a friend, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Regret, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
“I don’t know how to do this.” I have certainly felt that way. Have you? Loss catapults us into a new world. We’ve never been here before. We don’t know what to do or how to be. The following is an excerpt from my book, Comfort for...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, grief depression, Grief recovery, grief support, Honesty and Transparency, Loneliness, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual growth, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Worry
“Everyone wants me to feel better.” I’ve felt that a lot. I’ll bet you have too. It seems that loss and pain are unpopular in our world (even though everyone experiences them). We run from pain. We get a variety of reactions. Some avoid us....
by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, grief pain, grief support, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, loss of loved one, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief, Trauma recovery, Worry
I can’t believe this happened. If this can happen, then anything can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime. I find myself wondering, “Who’s next?” Who else am I going to lose? One loss usually leads to fear of another. For some, this terror is obvious in our words and...
